Good Morning, New York! A state judge upheld Nassau County’s ban on trans women in women’s sports, AT&T pulls out of offering broadband in NY, and Schumer exposes lots of emails. This is your Tammany Times AM Briefing for Friday, January 24th, 2025.

WHERE’S KATHY: In Albany, sitting for an interview with Capital Tonight.

WHERE’s ERIC: At a media event with ‘Our Time Press.’

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Front Pages

Hall Monitors

— City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said that Eric Adams had “no plan” to fight back against Trump’s immigration plans, including deportations. In the same speech, she asked Adams to get involved in the petition against Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. (Gothamist)

— NYC went 5 days without a shooting victim for the first time in 30 years. Unfortunately the streak was broken just four minutes after they announced their good work, but shootings are down overall YoY. (NY Post)

— A new City Council bill could force city workers to clean up used syringes at “needle exchange” sites. CM Oswald Feliz expressed how he supported these programs as they saved lives, but they had to be handled in a way that did not leave used needles scattered around his and others neighborhoods. (NY Post)

Capitol Gains

— A state judge upheld Nassau County’s law banning transgender women from participating in women’s sports at public facilities, which could prompt action from Albany. It was previously thought that transgender rights like this would be protected uner New York’s Human Rights Law. Lawmakers are considering writing a new, more specific law, but some fear that national policy from President Trump may make that pointless. (Times Union)

— The Affordable Broadband Act from 2021 is officially going into effect, and service providers are already pulling out. AT&T will no longer offer broadband service in New York, and customers will have 45 days to find a new provider before their internet switches off. There is a chance that more providers could follow as impacts from the law begin to be felt. (Lohud)

— Top educational officials have hit out against Hochul’s plan to ban cell phones in schools, pointing to Trump’s mass deportation plans as a reason to fear a lack of connection between parents and students. State Education Department Commissioner Betty Rosa said she had changed her mind on the issue, and was now uncomfortable with severing the connection between parent and student during the school day. (Daily News)

— Assemblymember Al Taylor (D-Harlem) has become the latest NY lawmaker to “double-dip,” accept both his state pension and his salary as he continues to serve into his late 60’s. The loophole was closed by Pataki in 1995, but it did not apply retroactively to those who joined the program before that date like Taylor. He will now make the $142,000 base, with an additional up to $75,000 per year in pension benefits depending on his plan. (Gothamist)

Trail Mix

— CM Justin Brannan is officially in the race for Comptroller, which he announced yesterday in a press release featuring endorsements from 18 major New York politicians. (Press Release)

— The Cook Political Report released their ratings for the 2026 gubernatorial cycle, and New York was rated ‘Likely D’. This is better for Hochul than other outlets, 270toWin rates the New York race as a ‘Lean D.’ (Cook Political Report)

— Democratic aides are reportedly upset with Chuck Schumer after he exposed their emails to the internet by failing to use BCC when he sent out an announcement about the inauguration being moved indoors. Dozens of reply-all messages were reportedly sent on the chain, including some by staffers angry that they were on the chain. (Page Six)